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Finally, the viashino have a place in Gruul history! Other than talking about this week's story concerning this triumphant moment, we answer some listener questions looking towards War of the Spark, call out Nicol Bolas, and wonder what Jace has on his face. If you enjoy The Vorthos Cast, consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/thevorthoscast! 01:08 – Listener Question: Who Would Win: Bolas or Ilharg? 04:53 – Listener Question: How Will War of the Spark Handle Planeswalker Cards? 08:20 – Magic Story: Rage of the Unsung Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/rage-unsung-2019-01-30 25:04 – Story Discussion 34:30 – Final Thoughts

Magic Story is finally back with Nicky Drayden's take on the Ravnica Allegiance guilds. This week we're covering the Rakdos story, catching up on listener questions, and reminding you about our new tier on Patreon that lets you listen to our recordings live on Thursdays at 7:00pm EST! If you enjoy The Vorthos Cast, consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/thevorthoscast! 02:33 – Listener Question: Finished the Web Fiction. What to Read Next? Link: https://www.mtgsalvation.com/forums/magic-fundamentals/magic-storyline/649232-magic-storyline-resources-the-stories-and-lore-are 06:49 – Listener Question: Any Info about Ravnican Deities/Holidays? Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/wake-call-2006-02-22 11:38 – Listener Question: How Does the Ravnican Calendar Work? 15:18 – Magic Story: The Illusions of Child’s Play Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/illusions-childs-play-2019-01-23 29:50 – Story Discussion and Speculation 37:10 – Final Thoughts

Prerelease weekend is over, and Ravnica Allegiance is almost here! Now that the whole set is public, it's time for the cast to comb through the set and find the most flavorful gems the cards have to offer. One topic, one episode, countless facets of flavor. If you enjoy The Vorthos Cast, consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/thevorthoscast! 01:06 – Ravnica Allegiance Flavor Gems Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/products/ravnica-allegiance/cards?rna-productblock 01:43 – Bring to Trial 02:39 – Friggin’ Sharktopus 03:21 – Final Payment 04:04 – Rakdos, the Showstopper 05:25 – Depose//Deploy 06:53 – Angelic Exaltation, Mass Manipulation, Awaken the Erstwhile, Electrodominance, & Sagittar’s Volley 08:07 – Get to the Point 08:54 – Cult Guildmage 09:37 – Priest of Forgotten Gods 11:33 – Expose to Daylight 12:43 – Kaya’s Wrath 14:13 – Captive Audience 15:28 – Spear Spewer 16:46 – Noxious Groodion, Feral Maaka, & Sylvan Brushstrider 18:12 – Hero of Precinct One, Rally to Battle, & Civic Stalwart 19:38 – Rhythm of the Wild & Nikya of the Old Ways 22:07 – Titanic Brawl 23:06 – Humongulus 24:07 – Rakdos Firewheeler 25:55 – Burn Bright 26:51 – Verity Circle 28:05 – Catacomb Crocodile 30:02 – Ethereal Absolution 31:27 – Goblin Gathering 33:13 – Tower Defense 34:58 – Biomancer’s Familiar 35:51 – Lavinia, Azorius Renegade 37:08 – Ravnica Allegiance: Mythic Edition Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/ravnica-allegiance-mythic-edition-2019-01-10 43:36 – Final Thoughts Link: https://armlx.blogspot.com/2019/01/limited-design-32-for-three-is-place-to.html

Welcome to the final part of our series on the ten guilds of Ravnica! The law-writing Azorius, law-skirting Orzhov, and law-smashing Gruul are the subjects of this week's episode. We also briefly mention the name of the next set, War of the Spark, and announce some exciting new things for our Patreon! If you enjoy The Vorthos Cast, consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/thevorthoscast! 00:46 – New Patreon Tier Announcement! Link: https://www.patreon.com/thevorthoscast 03:44 – Next Set Title Revealed: War of the Spark Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/products/coming-soon 05:50 – Additional Notes from Ravnica Art Book 10:27 – The Azorius Senate 15:43 – Azorius Creature Types 17:20 – Notable Azorius 19:13 – The Orzhov Syndicate 25:49 – Orzhov Creature Types 27:52 – Notable Orzhov 30:23 – The Gruul Clans 35:29 – Gruul Creature Types 36:32 – Notable Gruul 37:17 – Final Thoughts

Welcome to 2019! In the heat of Ravnica Allegiance previews, it's time to get back to our dives into the ten guilds of the plane. This week is all about the evolutionary Simic Combine and revolutionary Cult of Rakdos. If you enjoy The Vorthos Cast, consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/thevorthoscast! 00:29 – Scheduling Reminders 01:18 – Loreley Gets Another NDA 03:00 – The Simic Combine 16:46 – Simic Creature Types 19:45 – Notable Simic 20:44 – The Cult of Rakdos 25:59 – Notable Rakdos 28:16 – Rakdos Creature Types 32:19 – Final Thoughts

Surprise! There's a whole new FREE Magic: The Gathering novella by Brandon Sanderson! Children of the Nameless is about the misadventures of snarky Planeswalker Davriel on Innistrad. This week's entire episode is dedicated to this wonderfully dramatic, humorous, and metaphysically mysterious tale. If you enjoy The Vorthos Cast, consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/thevorthoscast! 00:43 – Our Ravnica Allegiance Preview Plans 01:47 – Interviews with Brandon Sanderson Link: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/348676141?filter=archives&sort=time Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/brandonsanderson/comments/a5c95s/children_of_the_nameless_ama_with_brandon/ 4:34 – Children of the Nameless Summary Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/story 39:46 – Children of the Nameless Speculation 50:46 – Final Thoughts

We got two amazing new pieces of Magic fiction this past week! We briefly mention Children of the Nameless, the novella by Brandon Sanderson (which we'll talk about next week!), but today's episode is mostly about Chandra #1 from IDW. We also get back into the groove of answering listener questions. If you enjoy The Vorthos Cast, consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/thevorthoscast! 01:00 – Children of the Nameless – Novella by Brandon Sanderson Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/story 03:16 – Listener Question: What Is Project Lightning Bug? 07:34 – Listener Question: Why So Little Conflict Between Bolas and Phyrexia? 09:21 – Listener Question: Did the Rakdos Stop Being the Mining Guild? 11:53 – IDW’s Magic: The Gathering Chandra #1 Link: https://www.comixology.com/Magic-The-Gathering-Chandra-1/digital-comic/713452 32:44 – Speculation: Kaldheim Soon? 36:37 – Final Thoughts

In a week with some haymaker news (New promos! Chandra comic preview! New Magic Story webpage!), we spent most of this episode finally exploring Guildmaster's Guide to Ravnica, the first D&D crossover book officially released. It contains new information about Ravnica, lots of useful tips for first-timers, and a plethora of familiar references for Magic fans new and old. If you enjoy The Vorthos Cast, consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/thevorthoscast! 00:14 – 2019 MagicFest Promos Link: https://www.cfbevents.com/promo 02:28 – IDW Chandra Comic Preview Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/magic-gathering-chandra-preview-2018-12-05 04:46 – Magic Story Page Update Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/story 09:28 – Inside Guildmaster’s Guide to Ravnica 43:04 – Final Thoughts

The Vorthos Cast is back with all the flavor news your ears need to hear. The biggest story out of last week was the boycott of future Grand Prix/MagicFest events my a number of Magic artists. We also talk about the soon-to-be-released Chandra comic from IDW and the remaining flavor gems from Ultimate Masters (out this Friday, 12/7). If you enjoy The Vorthos Cast, consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/thevorthoscast! 01:52 – Artist Boycott MagicFest Link: https://www.coolstuffinc.com/a/vorthosmike-11262018-artists-boycott-magic-fests 09:23 – Chandra #1 SCGCon Exclusive Cover Link: https://twitter.com/StarCityGames/status/1068160996899020800 10:49 – Ultimate Masters Flavor Gems 11:11 – Sigil of the New Dawn 12:43 – Foil 14:13 – Frantic Search Link: https://twitter.com/_SEV8/status/1065400011343753216 16:11 – Unstable Mutation 17:10 – Offalsnout 18:46 – Spoils of the Vault 20:39 – Lava Spike 21:17 – Gamble 22:58 – Seismic Assault 26:39 – Golgari Grave-Troll 27:29 – Kodama’s Reach 28:25 – Verdant Eidolon 29:21 – Vengeful Rebirth Link: https://twitter.com/kellydigges/status/1065290256432345089 30:39 – Slippery Bogle 31:52 – Phyrexian Altar 33:25 – Ulamog’s Crusher 35:37 – Phyrexian Tower 38:50 – Squee, Goblin Nabob 40:20 – Mistveil Plains Link: https://twitter.com/VorthosMike/status/1068266617635815429 41:49 – Final Thoughts

The final Guilds of Ravnica story is here! After a few news items and a juicy listener question about Magic's past, we take a look back at what have been five excellent stories set on the city-plane. Note that because of the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States, we will be taking a week off. The Vorthos Cast will return December 3rd with Ultimate Masters Flavor Gems. If you enjoy The Vorthos Cast, consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/thevorthoscast! 00:26 – Guildmaster’s Guide to Ravnica Is Out! 03:56 – D&D Lore You Should Know: Orzhov and Dimir Link: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/335398564 04:24 – IDW Chandra #1 Delayed A Week Until 12/5 04:45 – GoFundMe for Chris L’Etoille’s Wife, Jaime Link: https://www.gofundme.com/qsxvx-jamie039s-recovery-fund 06:16 – Listener Question: What Prequel Cards Could Exist? 13:34 – Magic Story: Bound and Bonded Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/bound-and-bonded-2018-11-14 33:30 – A Look Back at the Guilds of Ravnica Stories 41:41 – Final Thoughts

A new Magic set has been announced! The first look at new art from Ultimate Masters occupies the first half of this week's episode, while the travels of an insectoid farm boy in this week's Magic Story inspire discussion for the second half. Also don't forget to head down to your local game story and pick up the Guildmaster's Guide to Ravnica for your Magic-themed D&D adventures! If you enjoy The Vorthos Cast, consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/thevorthoscast! 01:02 – Announcing Ultimate Masters Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/announcing-ultimate-masters-2018-11-05 02:10 – UMA Art: Bitterblossom 03:30 – UMA Art: Demonic Tutor 05:14 – UMA Art: Goryo’s Vengeance 06:50 – UMA Art: Reanimate 08:36 – UMA Art: Tasigur, the Golden Fang 09:42 – UMA Art: Through the Breach 13:31 – UMA Art: Eternal Witness 14:27 – UMA Art: Life from the Loam 15:19 – UMA Art: Tarmogoyf 16:26 – UMA Art: Fulminator Mage 17:45 – UMA Art: Platinum Emperion 18:20 – UMA Art: Ancient Tomb 19:23 – UMA Art: Dark Depths 21:46 – UMA Art: Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth 24:05 – The Guildmaster’s Guide to Ravnica Is Out! 24:44 – Magic Story: Death’s Precious Moments Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/deaths-precious-moments-2018-11-07 49:11 – Final Thoughts

After reporting on a smattering of Vorthos news and answering a handful of listener questions, the cast dives into The Art of Magic: The Gathering: Concepts & Legends, the new 25th anniversary art book by James Wyatt. If you enjoy The Vorthos Cast, consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/thevorthoscast! 00:24 – Guilds of Ravnica Guild Kits Released! Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/building-guild-kits-2018-11-01 01:11 – Ravnica Weekend Nov 9-11 Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/introducing-magic-weekend-2018-10-29 04:12 – Another D&D Adventure with Ravnica: The Broken Pact Link: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/331337946 04:38 – Listener Question: Are the Metathran Still Alive? 06:00 – Listener Question: Is Profane Memento Referencing a Specific Angel? 06:46 – Listener Question: How Does Language Work Throughout the Multiverse? 12:01 – Listener Question: What Is Our Favorite Magic Web Fiction? 22:29 – The Art of Magic: The Gathering: Concepts & Legends Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/savor-flavor/perfection-through-etherium-2008-11-18 47:00 – Final Thoughts

There were lots of little news pieces this week for this fully armed and operational cast to cover. We also tackled a handful of listener questions, discussed the most recent Magic Story, and got a little wholesome towards the end of the episode. If you enjoy The Vorthos Cast, consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/thevorthoscast! 01:01 – 2018 Holiday Card: Bog Humbug Link: https://twitter.com/MTGAlison/status/1055603050243452928 01:35 – Ravnica: The Broken Pact D&D Session at Twitchcon Link: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/328296644 01:44 – “A Brief History of Wizards Being Bad at Selling Books” Link: https://www.coolstuffinc.com/a/samkeeper-10252018-a-brief-history-of-wizards-being-bad-at-selling-books 07:29 – Listener Question: What Happens to Liliana If She Gets Possessed? 08:39 – Listener Question: Were the Selesnya Building an Army to Stop Bolas? 10:06 – Listener Question: What Planeswalker Would We Pick for SDCC 2018-Style Promos? 12:44 – Listener Question: Chance of Returning to Kamigawa? 14:45 – Magic Story: Clans and Legions Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/clans-legions-2018-10-24 26:49 – Speculation: Is Aresaan Feather in Disguise? 28:53 – Speculation: Do These Stories Contain Hints for the Future? 31:27 – Speculation: Is Gruul Discrimination the Breaking Point of the Guild? Link: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/314360130 Link: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/323443360 Link: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/323444719 36:52 – Final Thoughts

A Broken Pact. A controversial cover. A spectacular story. This week's episode covers another exciting week in the world of Vorthos fans as most of the cast finally returns from the plight of a hurricane. If you enjoy The Vorthos Cast, consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/thevorthoscast! 00:21 – Jay Hired as Creativity Consultant for Magic 01:54 – Ravnica: The Broken Pact Episode 2 Link: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/325237287 02:26 – IDW Chandra #3 Cover Controversy Link: https://www.bleedingcool.com/2018/10/17/turtles-ponies-ghostbusters-kyle-baker-black-panther-idw-january-2019-solicitations/ 15:09 – Listener Question: Concerns Comic Will Spoil Ravnica Story? 17:19 – Listener Question: How Does Each Guild Fund Itself? 18:58 – Listener Question: Was Niv-Mizzet Birthed by the Ur-Dragon? 20:18 – Listener Question: How Big Is Ravnica? 22:23 – Magic Story: Testing the Dark Waters Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/testing-dark-waters-2018-10-17 36:31 – Final Thoughts

With Hurricane Michael taking out half the cast, it's up to Andrew and Brian to cover a busy Vorthos week (Jay and Ashley are actually fine and will return next week.) We cover news about the future of Magic Story, congratulate Jay on his freelance position with Wizards of the Coast, discuss the Dimir-tastic Magic Story, and meander down interesting tangents along the way. If you enjoy The Vorthos Cast, consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/thevorthoscast! 01:02 – News: GRN & RNA Are All Side Stories Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/what-expect-magic-story-2018-10-09 05:31 – News: Magic Story to Explore Beyond Card Sets 07:07 – News: Greg Weisman Also Writing Third Ravnica Set Web Fiction 12:28 – Don’t Forget About Chandra #1 Soon from IDW 12:59 – News: Jay Working Freelance for Wizards 15:17 – Weekly MTG Interviews with Cassandra Khaw and Nicky Drayden Link: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/321317625 15:50 – Potential Halloween Story? 17:45 – Don’t Forget Ravnica: The Broken Pact D&D Crossover Link: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/322237710 18:25 – Magic Story: Under the Cover of Fog Link: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/under-cover-fog-2018-10-10 34:02 – Speculation: Is Merret’s Baby a Planeswalker? 39:14 – Final Thoughts